A backpacker's trip to Thailand turned into a "holiday from hell" after she crashed a moped through a window, sliced her face open from side to side and needed 56 stitches.
Emma Lewis, 24, was driving when she lost control of the moped and crashed into a house window while on the way to go snorkeling in Ko Pha-ngan.
A taxi driver came quickly to her aid when he witnessed the aftermath of the crash and drove her to a local medical clinic.
Emma's injuries included deep cuts on her left shoulder, right thigh and knee - as well as the wound on her face and a severed tendons in her right foot.
She was "x-rayed and packed with gauze" before being rushed to Bangkok Hospital, Samui, in two ambulances and a speedboat.
She was treated with stitches - racking up £20k in medical bills - before returning to the UK for a skin graft on her foot.
Four months later, she is now almost-fully recovered. Her scarring wasn't permanent - but she'll have to use factor 30 sunscreen on her face whenever she leaves the house for the rest of the year.
Emma, a student, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, said: "The glass window shattered and that's how I got all my injuries.
"The glass cut the top of my right foot and there was complete skin loss.
Emma Lewis, 24, was driving when she lost control of the moped and crashed into a house window while on the way to go snorkeling in Ko Pha-ngan.
A taxi driver came quickly to her aid when he witnessed the aftermath of the crash and drove her to a local medical clinic.
Emma's injuries included deep cuts on her left shoulder, right thigh and knee - as well as the wound on her face and a severed tendons in her right foot.
She was "x-rayed and packed with gauze" before being rushed to Bangkok Hospital, Samui, in two ambulances and a speedboat.
She was treated with stitches - racking up £20k in medical bills - before returning to the UK for a skin graft on her foot.
Four months later, she is now almost-fully recovered. Her scarring wasn't permanent - but she'll have to use factor 30 sunscreen on her face whenever she leaves the house for the rest of the year.
Emma, a student, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, said: "The glass window shattered and that's how I got all my injuries.
"The glass cut the top of my right foot and there was complete skin loss.
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